Minnesota sues Greg Abbott to force extradition of ICE agent

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellsion on Tuesday sued Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, demanding that he extradite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro to the state to face criminal charges.

Castro is currently in Texas custody. Minnesota authorities charged him with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, Politico reported. Castro allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant after shooting through the door of a residential home. He then later allegedly lied that the victim had attacked him first.

“Instead of promptly fulfilling his legal, ministerial duty to execute the governor’s rendition warrant for Castro, however, Governor Abbot has withheld the warrant and held up Castro’s extradition for nearly three months,” Ellison said.

Constitutionally, a state may not harbor someone wanted for criminal offenses in another state and must extradite them.

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 reads:

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.